Word: offenders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...campaigners thought their advertising would not offend the only big organization that might object - the Roman Catholic Church - because: 1) an intensified local campaign along the same lines had stirred no protests in the intensely Catholic New Orleans area; and 2) the advertising had been approved by an interdenominational advisory committee. But objections soon poured in from such conservative Catholic sources as the 50,000 New York State Knights of Columbus and the 51,000 New York and New Jersey Catholic War Veterans. Sample complaint: "We should seek to promote morality and clean living rather than the open and shameless...
...Texas Way. Governor Stevenson entered the President's office at11 a.m. He had a minutely worked out compromise, designed to offend nobody. He outlined it persuasively to the President. Why not have two sets of Democratic electors listed on the Texas ballot-one pro-Roosevelt, one anti-Roosevelt? An hour later the Governor emerged smiling from the White House and told Jesse Jones and Harry Truman, who were waiting to drive him to the Capitol, that the President had agreed...
...veteran Director William Dieterle has achieved a few moments of high whimsy. Best line: says the Grand Vizier explaining why it would be impolitic to depose Miss Dietrich as queen of the dancing girls, "She's a gift from Macedonia, and we can't offend Macedonia...
...Truman of Missouri. Some Washington rumors had it that Wendell Willkie had been sounded out for the job. Sam Rosenman had joined Harold Ickes and Tommy Corcoran, the "Big Fix" of 1940, in supporting justice Douglas, a young man (45), a Far Westerner and a liberal who would not offend too many conservatives...
When the bill came before the Senate, the ban was whittled down to apply only to Japanese. Ten Senators (nine Liberals, one Tory) moved to strike out that offending clause. They battled stoutly but lost. For less important reasons, the Senate sent the bill back to the House. Canadian newspapers denounced the clause ("cowardly device," "very, very Nazi"). Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his Cabinet were on the spot. If they did not move to kill the offending clause, they would be denounced for limiting civil liberties. If they did, they would offend British Columbia voters...